Welcome! I've been out for a while, but for years they did "encourage" the congregations to participate in Bible reading and would assign chapters starting from Genesis through Revelation. However, only the die-hards with lots of time on their hands would do it (and brag about it). Anyway, I'm sure when they came across scriptures that didn't seem to make sense, they would bury their heads in the sand. Of course, the Witnesses use the Brooklyn translated, NWT. Most of what they are reading, even if it is all the chapters and verses in the Bible, are lean toward Brooklyn's teachings. So for most Witnesses, they do use the same scriptures over and over again to support what they want people to believe from the Watchtower and other publications.
Question (s) from the newbie
by bite me 39 Replies latest watchtower bible
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5go
OH MY GOD Biteme, do we/they use all the Bible. The devote entire months to a particular, they write entire books on just one book and slowly and painfully discect it into sylables!!! Like right now with Rev. but also, Jaems, Ezekial, Daniel.....shoot me.....oompa
Yeah and they still pronounce habakuk wrong. (Hint : have a cook?)
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Happy Harvester
Use the bible? Of course they do, just like every other cult and every other religion; they cherry pick it. And why not? After all, if we all used the bible in its every literal sense, most of us would go to jail or the mental hospital.
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truthseeker
I'll bite
JW's follow a pattern of schedules Bible reading. They are given roughly 3 chapters a week to read and supposedly meditate on.
However, very little Bible study is done at the Kingdom Hall.
Talk # 2 is basically a brother READING a portion of scripture in 4 minutes with no commentary.
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NvrKssdNObutt
Welcome bite me
you are my favorite phrase
by the way, have i told you lately to bite me?
james t
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llbh
Hi Biteme weclome, & enjoy youreself here
llbh
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bite me
Thanks for the welcome.
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Homerovah the Almighty
They exploit and manipulate the bible to commercialize their literature and make what their selling that much more valid and true
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bite me
They sell their material? How much?
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5go
They sell their material? How much?
They used to sell it for what was it last 50 each on the mags, $7 for a bible 20 for other things. Though they went to a volunteer donation system, secretly they keep track of it still, and make the congregations pay for it instead via a lump sum donation.